Ref of Mayweather – Pacquiao bout to earn $10k

The referee who will officiate the world’s richest boxing bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will earn just $10k.


According to the Telegraph, the referee is yet to be revealed but the two people who have been listed as frontrunners to officiate the contest are Kenny Bayless and Tony Weeks. Whoever among the two is chosen will receive only $10k for officiating the fight is put at around $300m.

The fight will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 3, 2015.